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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CMENAS 2026 Fall Colloquium Series | Western Sahara: Multi-scalar Struggles\, Recognition and Change in a Thawing Conflict
DESCRIPTION:Irene Fernández-Molina is a senior lecturer in International Relations at the University of Exeter. She is a scholar of international relations of the Global South and across the Euro-Mediterranean space\, contested statehood and international recognition politics\, and foreign policy and conflicts in the Maghreb. She previously worked as a research fellow at the European Neighbourhood Policy Chair of the College of Europe (Warsaw)\, Schuman fellow at the Directorate-General for External Policies of the European Parliament (Brussels)\, and PhD research fellow at Complutense University of Madrid. Her research has been published in journals such as *International Affairs*\, *International Studies Review*\, *Review of International Studies*\, *International Political Sociology*\, and the *Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding*. She is the author of *Moroccan Foreign Policy under Mohammed VI\, 1999–2014 *(2016)\, and co-editor of *Global\, Regional and Local Dimensions of Western Sahara’s Protracted Decolonization* (2017)\, and* Foreign Policy in North Africa: Navigating Global\, Regional and Domestic Transformations* (2021).\n\nJoin on Zoom: https://myumi.ch/7J946\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Contact: warsansa@umich.edu
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150315
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CATEGORIES:center for middle eastern and north african studies,Cmenas Colloquium Series,Discussion,Lecture
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555
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